In elements of poetry, there are 2 types of poetry >> it is the SENSE, and
SOUND.
Under the SENSE we have:
DICTION,
IMAGES & SENSE EXPRESSION, and lastly
FIGURE OF SPEECH.
the next topic will be SOUND.
Under the SOUND we have :
TONE
RHYTHM
METER
RHYME SCHEME
some of these topics has an example and defination of its name.
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2. SENSE
Diction – refers to word choice and is intimately related to imagery and
figures of speech because a poet chooses a word to achieve a certain
sensory, emotional, or intellectual effect.
Images & sense expression – may invoke our sight, hearing, sense of
smell and taste, and tactile perceptions." Imagery refers to a pattern
of related details.
Figure of Speech -a word or a phrase that describes one thing in terms
of another and that Is not meant to be taken literally.
3. DICTION
Example:
suggests something different than, say, "walked around," "shuffled,"
"drifted," "floated," etc.,
each word suggests a different attitude, image, or connection.
a speaker or writer’s choice of words (formal, informal, colloquial, full
of slang, poetic, ornate, plain, abstract, concrete, and so on).
4. IMAGES & SENSE EXPRESSION
For Example:
Images of light often convey knowledge and life, while images
of darkness suggest ignorance or death.
This leap from one image to its symbolic counterpart is
based on an interpretive act and must be done in
context.
5. FIGURE OF SPEECH
Common Figures of Speech
that is used in literature:
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Metonymy
Oxymoron
Personification
Simile
Symbol
Conceit
6. HYPERBOLE
It is a figure of speech that
uses an incredible exaggeration,
or overstatement, for effect.
7. METAPHOR
It is a figure of speech that makes a comparison
between two unlike things without the use of such
specific words of comparison as like, as, than, or
resembles. They may be directly states, implied,
extended, dead, or mixed.
8. METONYMY/METONOMY
It is a figure of speech in which a person,
place, or things is referred to by something
closely associated with it.
Example – referring to a car as “wheels”
9. OXYMORON
It is a figure of speech that combines
opposite or contradictory terms in a brief
phrase. “Sweet sorrow,” “deafening silence,”
and “living death” are common oxymoron's.
10. PERSONIFICATION
It is a figure of speech in which an object or
animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or
attitudes.
11. SIMILE
It is a figure of speech that makes an
explicit comparison between two
unlike things, using a word such as,
like, as, than, or resembles.
12. SYMBOL
It is a figure of speech in which an
object or animal is given human
feelings, thoughts, or attitudes.
13. CONCEIT
It is an elaborate metaphor or other
figure of speech that compares two
things that are startlingly different.
15. TONE
The attitude a writer takes toward the subject of a work, the characters in it, or
the audience.
refers toone is an abstraction we make from the details of a poem's language:
the use of meter and rhyme; the inclusion of certain kinds of details and
exclusion of other kinds; particular choices of words and sentence pattern, of
imagery and of figurative language".
the poet's "implied attitude toward its subject.
16. RHYTHM
The alteration of stressed and unstressed syllables in language.
Iamb: The Iamb is a pattern of one unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable, as in the word:
en-JOY.
Trochee: The trochee is one stressed syllable followed by one unstressed syllable, as in the word: CON-quer.
Spondee: Spondee is a pattern of two stressed syllables in poetry. The pattern may cross over from word to
word in a poem. An example of spondee might be: GO! GO! Both 1-syllable words are stressed.
Anapest: The anapest is a combination of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable. Take
phrase: to the NORTH. The first two syllables are unstressed, while the final syllable is stressed.
Dactyl: The dactyl is the opposite of the anapest, in that it has one stressed syllable followed by two
unstressed syllables as in the phrase: FLY a-way.
17. METER
There are five main types of beats, or meter, that we use in poetry.
Here, we will take a brief look at each type. In poetry, rhythm is expressed
through stressed and unstressed syllables. Take the word, poetry, for
example.
The first syllable is stressed, and the last two are unstressed, as in PO-e-
try. Here are the most common types of meter in the English language:
18. RHYME SCHEME
Rhyme scheme is a poet's deliberate pattern of lines
that rhyme with other lines in a poem or a stanza.
The rhyme scheme, or pattern, can be identified by
giving end words that rhyme with each other the
same letter. For instance, take the poem 'Twinkle,
Twinkle, Little Star', written by Jane Taylor in 1806.
